But if I believe that I can become beautiful, I become an economic subject. My desire becomes a marker. - Tressie McMillan Cottom

As I have argued elsewhere in this volume, whiteness has the political power to be elastic. Originating as it does not from nation or kin but from the primordial ooze of capitalism, whiteness can only be defined by state power.

If I believe that I can become beautiful, I become an economic subject. My desire becomes a market.

Those spaces to read are a privilege.